# Summarization call on image sometimes returns empty string today after working for weeks

**URL:** <https://community.openai.com/t/summarization-call-on-image-sometimes-returns-empty-string-today-after-working-for-weeks/1114567>\
**Category:** ChatGPT\
**Tags:** api, image-reading\
**Created:** [February 6, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/summarization-call-on-image-sometimes-returns-empty-string-today-after-working-for-weeks/1114567 "2025-02-06T18:49:11Z")\
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**Author:** ![fasttosmile](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/fasttosmile/32/511625_2.png) [@fasttosmile](https://community.openai.com/u/fasttosmile)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2025, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/summarization-call-on-image-sometimes-returns-empty-string-today-after-working-for-weeks/1114567/1 "2025-02-06T18:49:11Z")

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Has there been some change to how images are supposed to be processed for summarization?

I have an image that I’ve been using for over a month (processing repeatedly to test smth else), and yesterday the 4o model summarization output is sometimes empty (not consistent).

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**Author:** ![fasttosmile](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/openai1/user_avatar/community.openai.com/fasttosmile/32/511625_2.png) [@fasttosmile](https://community.openai.com/u/fasttosmile)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2025, 3:17am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/summarization-call-on-image-sometimes-returns-empty-string-today-after-working-for-weeks/1114567/2 "2025-02-08T03:17:27Z")

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Seeing the other threads on this, it’s disappointing and confusing that openAI seems to force its users to use other providers.